"I've known Dylan for a long time, ever since our high school days, and he's always been really good, and you could see that tonight," Gray said. "But our guys came through tonight. It was a big win for us."

Huge home runs off Bundy by catcher Nick Hundley and rookie outfielder David Dahl, mixed in with a circus catch by Daniel Descalso in left field and a highlight-reel throw from right by Carlos Gonzalez, added up to one of the Rockies' most satisfying victories of the season. Winners of six of its last seven, Colorado took two of three from the Orioles at Camden. Impressive, considering that the Orioles' 37-16 home record is the best in the majors. The Rockies (49-52) are just three games under .500, the best they've been in a month.

"You look at this series overall and it's one of our best of the year," manager Walt Weiss said. "We got really good starting pitching this series and clutch hitting. When you get good starting pitching, all it takes is getting a few timely hits or a homer, like we did tonight.

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"We needed that, because Bundy was electric. He had no-hit stuff, and I was getting a little worried there as we got deeper into the game. He was close to untouchable."

Bundy, a converted reliever making just his third major-league start, owned the Rockies for 5 ⅓ innings. The Rockies didn't even have a baserunner until Mark Reynolds drew a one-out walk in the sixth. Then Hundley sat on Bundy's 85 mph changeup and drove it into the left-field seats for a two-run homer. Two batters later, Dahl clobbered Bundy's first pitch, also a changeup, over the center-field wall for a 3-0 lead. It was the first homer of the 22-year-old Dahl's career, coming in his third game and 11th at-bat.

Bundy's night was over, despite allowing only two hits and striking out eight.

"His stuff was really electric, from the first pitch of the game," Hundley said. "He was throwing his fastball 96, as well as his off-speed stuff, really well. When a guy is throwing that good, you wait for a mistake, and fortunately he made one."

Gray didn't have his usual great command of his wipeout slider, but that hardly mattered as he improved to 7-4 and lowered his ERA below four for the first time all season at 3.94. He challenged the Orioles' potent lineup and was charged with only five hits. He paid for his one big mistake, a hanging 1-2 slider that Manny Machado launched to left for a solo homer in the sixth.

"I only threw three or four good (sliders) the whole night, which was kind of disappointing," Gray said. "But I was glad I could rely on my other pitches to get me through. And our guys really played well behind me defensively."

Gray escaped a nasty traffic jam in the fourth. The Orioles loaded the bases when Gray plunked Adam Jones, gave up a single to Hyun Soo Kim and walked the dangerous Chris Davis. Descalso, usually a utility infielder, made a tremendous sliding catch on Machado's blooper for the first out. Then Gray threw a 96 mph fastball to Mark Trumbo that broke Trumbo's bat and forced a popout to second.

Gray ended the inning with a 95 mph fastball that Jonathan Schoop got under, resulting in a lazy flyball to Dahl in center. Gray strode off the mound like he owned the joint.

Gold Glove defense rescued Gray again in the seventh. Charlie Blackmon, inserted into center field for defensive purposes (Dahl moved to left, replacing Descalso), raced down Schoop's drive to right-center. Then Gonzalez made the defensive play of the game. He fielded Matt Wieters' hit off the right-field scoreboard and threw him out trying for a double. The umpires originally ruled Wieters safe, but Weiss challenged the call and won the replay review.

The play was Gonzalez's fifth assist of the season and 60th in a Rockies uniform. He ranks third in outfield assists in franchise history, trailing Larry Walker (94) and Dante Bichette (60).

The relief trio of Adam Ottavino, Boone Logan and Carlos Estevez slammed the door in the eighth and ninth innings as Estevez picked up his 10th save.

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